What is the correct routine when practicing Black & Death Metal vocals?!
Question: For beginners?
1)How much time in minutes or hours should you be practicing? 2)Should you do it every day or every other day?
3)Will I be able to speak normally still if following the correct technique?
4)Or whats your routine if you're a vocalist that can sing those types of vocals?
Answers: For beginners?
1)How much time in minutes or hours should you be practicing? 2)Should you do it every day or every other day?
3)Will I be able to speak normally still if following the correct technique?
4)Or whats your routine if you're a vocalist that can sing those types of vocals?
1.you should only practice until you start to hurt your voice.
2.you should give your voice some time to rest. if you can only sing 10-20 Min's then rest it a few hours. if your singing an hour or more then give it a day or so.
3.you will be able to speak normally perhaps even more clearly. i do a lot of work on diction and pronunciation at fast speeds.
4. i start warming up 1/4 hr - 1hr before depending on how long i will be singing for.
a few exercises i use are:
deep breaths
lip bubbles
some soft humming
and one where you sing a note that is easy for you to sing (any pitch not just death/black range) you sing it as quietly as you can and very slowly make it as loud as you can. whilst trying to hold a constant pitch. then go to other ranges.
never push your voice. l taught myself by singing along to bands, experimenting and stopping as soon as it started to hurt then trying something else.
there are a few techniques for both death and black vox so keep at it.
you may even want to get a professional lesson or two
don't try to sing like George Fisher either. he doesn't warm up and pushes his voice. his vocal cords are now covered with cysts.
Watch Sesame Street and imitate the Cookie Monster.
That's who they all sound like
Get on You Tube and look it up, I followed videos on there to learn how to scream so I'm sure they will have death metal teaching vids.
angela glossaw video on screaming !!!
What i do is just start Death Grunting at least an hour before. Same with the Black Screech oh and remember to wash it all down with a shot of Wild Turkey. Try to overkill your vocals, thats your practice. Practice when you can even at home or at school.